Oldsmobile Rocket

E925918

V8 engine automobile engine family

Oldsmobile Rocket is a historic line of high-compression V8 engines introduced by Oldsmobile in the late 1940s that became iconic for their performance and influence on the early muscle car era.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oldsmobile Rocket canonical	1
Oldsmobile Rocket 88 automobile	1
Oldsmobile Rocket V8	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	V8 engine ⓘ automobile engine family ⓘ
associatedWith	hot rodding culture ⓘ postwar American performance boom ⓘ
blockMaterial	cast iron ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	featured in period advertising and songs ⓘ popularized the term Rocket in automotive marketing ⓘ
designGoal	high power-to-weight ratio ⓘ improved performance over flathead engines ⓘ
engineConfiguration	V8 ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
firstDisplacement	303 cubic inches ⓘ
firstProductionYear	1949 ⓘ
fuelType	gasoline ⓘ
headMaterial	cast iron ⓘ
influenced	early American performance cars ⓘ muscle car era ⓘ
introduced	1949 ⓘ
manufacturer	Oldsmobile NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketingName	Rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketPosition	performance-oriented engine option ⓘ
notableApplication	drag racing ⓘ stock car racing ⓘ
notableFeature	high compression ratio ⓘ lightweight for its displacement ⓘ oversquare design ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the first mass-produced high-compression OHV V8s ⓘ
notableVariant	303 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 324 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 371 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 394 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 400 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 425 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ 455 Rocket V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany	General Motors ⓘ
predecessorType	Oldsmobile straight-8 engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionDecade	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
successor	Oldsmobile big-block V8 family NERFINISHED ⓘ Oldsmobile small-block V8 family NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Oldsmobile 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ Oldsmobile 98 NERFINISHED ⓘ Oldsmobile Super 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ
valvetrain	overhead valve ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rocket → marketedAs → Oldsmobile Rocket ⓘ

Delta 88 → engineFamily → Oldsmobile Rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oldsmobile Rocket V8

Rocket 88 → lyricalTheme → Oldsmobile Rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oldsmobile Rocket 88 automobile